The SS Connaught's Race Between Fire and Flood (1860)

The Connaught was the height of luxury travel for her first class passengers, and a way to start a new life in a new country for the many immigrants that boarded her in Galway, bound for Boston. A new ship only on her second voyage, and the second largest ship on the ocean, her passengers could be justified in thinking that they had chosen wisely for the safest and most comfortable voyage possible. When a terrible storm hit them however, their voyage would turn into a daring rescue mission. Ship Name: SS Connaught Nation of Origin: United Kingdom Tonnage: 2,959 Launched: 1860 Sank: 1860 Location Sank: 100 Miles from Boston Reason For Sinking: Caught Fire During a Storm Lives Lost: None Sources: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160210-inside-the-hunt-for-a-million-dollar-haul-of-ocean-gold https://www.marinelink.com/news/endurance-appointed380301 https://www.offshore-energy.biz/endurance-finds-shipwreck-of-s-s-connaught/ http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/C-Ships/connaught1860.html https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1860/10/10/77869905.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2014/11/05/680158/10106506/en/Endurance-Exploration-Appointed-Custodian-of-the-S-S-Connaught.html https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/2014/10/03/connaught-wreck-discovered/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1860/10/10/77869927.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1860/10/11/77870000.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://gizmodo.com/wreck-of-the-s-s-connaught-discovered-off-the-coast-o-1642205479